Community Corner
🌱 Patch AM: Why Barberton is looking to Fairlawn’s bee rules for guidance.
Also, don't miss Relics: Are Catholics Weird or Merely Human? on the Fairlawn Patch calendar

Hi Fairlawn! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Barberton is looking to Fairlawn's bee rules for guidance.
Also on today's calendar: Cars & Coffee | Annual Cruise-In and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 68 degrees.
- Sunday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, temps: high: 70, low: 54.
- Monday: Variable clouds with a shower, with a high of 66 and low of 53 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Local beekeepers urge Barberton Council to allow apiaries in city (akron.com) — Barberton officials are weighing new ordinances to legalize and regulate backyard beekeeping, and they're looking to nearby communities like Fairlawn, Akron and Cuyahoga Falls, which already allow apiaries, as models. For Fairlawn residents, it's a reminder that your city's beekeeping rules are seen as a regional standard while Barberton continues public readings and votes this month.
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📸 Around Fairlawn
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fairlawn
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★ Featured events ★
- Relics: Are Catholics Weird or Merely Human? →
Our Lady of the Cedars, 507 S Cleveland-Massillon Rd, Fairlawn
7:00 pm
Monday September 21
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Other local events
- Cars & Coffee | Annual Cruise-In →
Stewart's Caring Place: Thomas And Lisa Mandel Cancer Wellness Center, 3501 Ridge Park Dr, Fairlawn
9:00 am - Board of Audit and Review →
Fairlawn Calendar, 3487 S Smith Road, Fairlawn
6:00 pm - City Council Meeting →
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6:30 pm - Beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Pilgrimage →
St. Hilary Parish, 2750 W. Market St, Fairlawn - Strength Building →
Stewart's Caring Place, 3501 Ridge Park Drive, Fairlawn
4:00 pm - Build a New Life Workshop →
St. Hilary Parish, 2750 West Market Street, Fairlawn
7:00 pm - Chair Yoga →
Stewart's Caring Place, 3501 Ridge Park Drive, Fairlawn
10:00 am - Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Formation Session (Fairlawn) →
St. Hilary Parish, 2750 West Market St, Fairlawn
2:00 pm - City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting →
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6:30 pm - Strength Building →
Stewart's Caring Place, 3501 Ridge Park Drive, Fairlawn
4:00 pm
Sunday September 20
Monday September 21
Wednesday September 23
Thursday September 24
Friday September 25
Sunday September 27
Monday September 28
Wednesday September 30
📣 Fairlawn Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Star Trek Marathon: We are the Borg
Northwest Akron Branch Library - Community Room
10:00 am - Paws for Reading
Northwest Akron Branch Library - The Children's Room
11:00 am
Saturday September 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Cuyahoga Falls. Apply here.
- Driveline posted a job opening for Flex Merchandiser in Cuyahoga Falls. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairlawn here.
🗞 Nearby News
Bath
- Bath Township to replace three police cruisers (akron.com)
- Best Private Dining Room: Buckets' 1984 (akronlife.com)
Cuyahoga Falls
- Meet Crosby, a new therapy dog in Cuyahoga Falls, and why he's the first of his kind in Ohio (news5cleveland.com)
- Cuyahoga Falls HS cancels football game after multiple players are diagnosed with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (fox8.com)
- Pitbull brings sold-out show to Blossom Music Center with Lil Jon (cleveland.com)
Ok Fairlawn! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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